There has been a lot of news recently about the Jia family's martial arts school, but the mainstream public opinion in Beijing is not concerned about it. The border war still dominates.
As the weather gets colder, the border fighting gradually ceases.
The weather is getting colder here in the capital, and it has even begun to snow in the bitterly cold border areas. No matter how resistant the foreigners are to the cold, they cannot fight in the wild for a long time in winter.
The situation at the border is gradually easing, and the capital is breathing a sigh of relief.
"Jia Aiqing, the Ministry of Industry should be more busy and take the opportunity to completely repair the official road from the capital to the border. Maybe there will be a war next year!"
After calming down, he immediately summoned the elder to the palace for a small meeting and solemnly warned him in front of the cabinet elders.
"Your Majesty, rest assured that the Ministry of Industry has made preparations for winter construction and will not hold back the imperial court!"
The elder replied categorically, which made several cabinet ministers next to him look at him. This was a bit full of words, but he would be held responsible if he could not complete it.
But they don't know that the Ministry of Industry has adopted a phased construction strategy. In addition, the official road in Gyeonggi has been repaired long ago. The official road from Gyeonggi to the border is also being repaired rapidly. There is no need to wait until the end of the year.
Completely completed, the great master is humble.
It's just that he doesn't have the false title of concurrently serving as a bachelor, and is not considered a cabinet minister. His authority and influence in the court are insufficient, otherwise he could do better.
However, the Ministry of Industry's current plan to repair official channels has achieved the best of conventional means, and I am not picky. If I can enter the cabinet in the future, it will not be too late to take a rest.
Speaking of infrastructure projects in modern times, it is definitely a good thing for the country and the people, and it has a very obvious effect on stimulating the local economy and improving people's livelihood.
The elder is a little confused. How do you read the history books and the files of the Ministry of Industry? Every time a big project is carried out, it is a waste of people and money?
Anyway, after he took charge of the Ministry of Industry, basically no such incidents occurred.
After talking about the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, the elder left the palace directly. He was not qualified and in no mood to participate in the subsequent cabinet meeting.
But soon, he knew that he would have to settle accounts now.
What a joke, let Hu Qi break through the border city without restraint and go straight into the hinterland of Daqi, almost threatening the security of the capital. How could it be possible if he didn't show any signs now?
In the past, when the war was urgent, we could not care about these things, fearing that the border officers would be frightened and dare not act rashly. But now the situation has completely stabilized, and the Hu people are also showing signs of evacuating for the winter. This is a good time to settle accounts after autumn.
Then, there was an uproar in the court. Within a few days, a general from the border town was captured, and a number of his deputy generals who participated in guerrilla warfare also suffered great misfortune.
This actually allowed a group of noble disciples who had recently gone to the border to seek a future or pay a fortune to get a big advantage. Taking advantage of the huge vacancy in the border generals, all of them basically jumped one or two levels, and exaggeratedly even jumped three levels.
Enter the ranks of generals.
The elder just paid a little attention and didn't pay too much attention.
It's just that today is definitely not a good year for the Daqi Dynasty.
At the turn of summer and autumn, barbarians outside the Great Wall invaded the border gates again after many years. Only then did they finally take advantage of the arrival of winter to send these plague gods away.
Unexpectedly, this winter is extremely cold. It has been snowing since the beginning of winter. It snowed non-stop for ten days just after the twelfth lunar month. Huge snow disasters occurred in several provinces in northern Gyeonggi. Millions of people were affected and displaced, and it was miserable. Most of them
They all slowly moved closer to the capital, causing shock in the court.
Fortunately, Jin Jin has completely taken control of the court, and the two people who could threaten his status have fled overseas without a trace. Otherwise, I am afraid that various rumors that are unfavorable to Jin Jin will have spread in Beijing at this time.
Who calls the emperor the emperor? There are natural disasters and man-made disasters at the moment. Maybe some people secretly want to put a shit basin on his head and hold him responsible for this. If there is a self-incriminating edict, then
The best.
We must do a good job in resettling disaster victims!
Today, he issued a strict order during the meeting of the Imperial Court. If anyone is found to have neglected his duties, he will pack up his bed and get out, or he will not tolerate it, or he will send him to the Ministry of Punishment to be imprisoned.
There are millions of disaster victims, and one bad move may cause chaos.
The border war has just ended. Don't cause trouble again in the capital. Otherwise, the court's face will be ugly, and today's face will be even more ugly.
It's a pity that the Minister of the Ministry of Finance told today a very bad news: the treasury has no money!
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The commotion in the court had little to do with the lord. Long before the snowy days arrived, the official road repair project responsible for the Ministry of Works had been completed. As for the management of the people and governance, it was not the Ministry of Works' turn to intervene.
Therefore, the recent frequent outbursts at court meetings have little to do with him. Even if he wants to speak, others will not give him the opportunity.
The Jia family has been in too much limelight recently and has attracted the attention of many important ministers. Now they have to emerge to lead the trend, which is to completely fall out with certain forces in the court.
He watched the disputes in the court with cold eyes, but his heart felt clear.
Is the Ministry of Finance really out of money?
There really wasn't much money left in the warehouse. After all, the border wars in the past few months had cost money like water, and almost all the money accumulated in the Ministry of Household Affairs had been spent.
But it is impossible to say that the Ministry of Household Affairs cannot obtain disaster relief funds.
Even if the Ministry of Revenue is really out of money, there is money in the private treasury today. If the critical moment comes, I will not remain indifferent. I guess this is what the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue has in mind.
However, the elder thought of another problem, that is, the Ministry of Revenue owed money.
He didn't know how much money he had in his private treasury today, but he thought it wouldn't be too much. After all, his mother's family was not prominent now. After becoming the emperor, he had to fight with two royal heavyweights, and he spent a lot of money.
Don't think that the emperor doesn't need money for expenses, especially now that he has to compete with the Supreme Emperor for control of the court, which requires more real money and silver.
The snowstorm in the north this time came too suddenly, and the previous border wars had depleted the savings of the Ministry of Revenue. The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue wants to get involved in today's private treasury. Naturally, he will not agree easily and will think of other ways.
Resolve sudden financial crises.
Today's temperament is very similar to that of Yongzheng in normal history. He is an emperor who is not easy to fool.
Even if the boss thinks about it with his buttocks, he knows that when the critical moment comes, those civil servants will definitely remind Jin Jin of the large amount of IOUs saved by the Ministry of Revenue, and then take the opportunity to severely punish the Xungui Group.
Due to issues left over from history, the Xungui Group was the main group that borrowed money from the Ministry of Household Affairs, followed by the royal relatives, and finally the Wenchen Group.
If we really want to start paying off our debts now, the Xungui Group will be in serious trouble.
It's okay for a family like Ningrong Erfu, the Eighth Prince of the People's Republic of China, to have a rich heritage. Even though they usually live a luxurious life, the family wealth left behind by their ancestors is too solid, and they can easily pay off their debts and continue to live a nurturing life.
However, some noble families have long been defeated, and their children are not angry. They borrow a lot of money from the household department and live a life of debauchery, as if the money does not need to be paid back.
Another kind is that the family is too prosperous and has too many direct descendants. As a result, the originally strong family fortune is divided over several generations. The Shi family is the best example.
Once the debts are paid off today, at least half of the noble families will not be able to pay them back, or they will simply try to cheat and not pay them back.
After all, the reason why many honorable families owe a large amount of money to the Ministry of Revenue is because of the expenses they spent on welcoming the emperor. According to their thinking, the money they borrowed was spent on the Emperor Fei and Emperor Taizong. Now they are asked to pay it back.
The money just doesn't make sense.
But Emperor Taizong is Emperor Taizong, and the Supreme Emperor is also the Supreme Emperor. Naturally, he would not push too hard in normal times. But now it is urgent. Let’s get through the current difficulties first. As for the dissatisfaction and complaints of the Xungui Group, today will not care.
What?
I'm afraid that the Wenchen Group is eager for the Xungui Group to compete with Jinjin, and then completely piss off Jinjin and severely damage the Xungui Group, so that the Wenchen Group can become the dominant one.
If you think about it, you will know that such a thing is likely to happen.
The elder feels that this is actually an opportunity for the Xungui Group, it depends on whether they are willing to let it go.
After returning to the government office, the elder directly ordered the young man to invite the second master Zheng and Lin Ruhai to discuss matters. He had important matters to discuss.
The second master Zheng and Lin Ruhai did not dare to neglect. When the eldest master invited them over at this time, they knew that there must be important matters to discuss without the servant reminding them.
"Brother!" "Brother-in-law!"
The two of them arrived very quickly. They first shook off the snowflakes on their bodies at the door of the bookstore, and then entered the door and were hit by the heat in the room. The coldness on their bodies quickly dissipated, and their whole bodies recovered from the previous cold state.
"The weather this year is really weird, too cold!"
Lin Ruhai was not polite, and went directly to the brazier in front of the desk, put his hand on the red-burning silver frost charcoal, and complained: "Every morning I get up and go to the Yamen. It's a torture, it's so cold!"
The second master Zheng didn't speak. He was thinking about the reason why the elder wanted him to come with Lin Ruhai.
"Tell you something!"
The elder smiled and walked over, sat down around a silver frost charcoal basin, and said straight to the point: "The Ministry of Household Affairs is out of money, and now there is another snowstorm in the north. Millions of people affected by the disaster have been displaced, and most of them are moving closer to the capital.
Now I am so anxious that my heart is burning, and I am not very willing to use money from my private treasury to top the vat. I am afraid that I will start clearing out the money owed by the household department!"
"What, is it true that today it is possible to clear the bank account debt?"
Lin Ruhai was taken aback. He was a smart man and knew that if such a decision was made today, it would cause huge fluctuations in the court.
"I'm afraid that at the end of this year, the capital will be bustling!"
The second master Zheng didn't react at all. The emperor just settled his debts, so what does it have to do with the Rong Mansion?
Poor kid, I still don’t know that Rong Mansion owes the treasury a huge sum of money!